Ventura County, California
Ventura County, CA: non-irrigated cash rent $63 an acre (2024); land and buildings $28,278 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 06111. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cash rent in Ventura County runs $3,340 per acre, against a non-irrigated average of $63 per acre. That gap reflects how much of the farming here depends on water: 97 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, and 71 percent of that irrigation water comes from groundwater. Heat and drought is the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities over 1991-2025, at 44 percent of $118.1 million paid out. That share moved from 13 percent in 1989-1999, to 38 percent in 2000-2009, to 53 percent in 2010-2019, to 39 percent in 2020-2025. The county spent 121 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025.
CA median of 2024 surveys $22 · 2nd highest of 13
CA median $431 · 2nd highest of 40
CA median $11,471 · 5th highest of 52
CA median $7.22 · 8th lowest of 42
CA median 43% · 15th lowest of 55
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1990. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura County | $63 2024 | $3,340 | $28,278 | $4.55 |
| Kern County | $48 2023 | $445 | $10,539 | $4.95 |
| Los Angeles County | $84 2024 | $1,000 | $21,834 | — |
| Santa Barbara County | $48 2024 | $2,300 | $21,172 | $7.75 |
| Median next door | — | $1,000 | $21,172 | $6.35 2 co. |
Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.
Cite this page
AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Ventura County, California. Figures as of 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/california/ventura-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms, in the same survey year for rent, within the state. Methods: how each figure is built. Downloads: all counties, CSV.
Sources, dates and arithmetic
"Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed; it moves only when a figure on the page does. Source files and their retrieval dates are listed on the data page.
Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields, trend fitted here over every published year since 2008. Loss ratio: claims (indemnity) divided by total premium, USDA RMA Summary of Business, 1989 on, open crop year left out. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, weeks with half the county or more in D2 or worse. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A dash means the record does not carry the figure or the source withheld it; the reason is printed beside it.